Asia

INDIA WEST COAST CARTE DES COSTES DE PERSE,GUZARAT ET MALABAR

Code: M1146

Cartographer: Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN

Date: 90/ 1740

Size: 25*20cms

Uncommon edition of this accurate map showing the east coast of India, the Maldives Islands and the eastern tip of Arabia. In lower left corner a lettered key.
From Atlas Portatif pour servir a l'intelligence de l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des etablissements et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes.
After Jacques Nicolaas Bellin (1703-1772) who was one of the most important and proficient French cartographers of the mid-eighteenth century. He was appointed the first Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine, and also Official Hydrographer to the French King.
With French text in title cartouche and an additional title in Dutch underneath the map.Good hand colour.Mint condition
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